Projection Mapping & TouchDesigner — USC
Projection Mapping & TouchDesigner — USC
Rhythms + Visions / Expanded + Live 4 was a large-scale outdoor projection mapping event at USC's Meldman Family Cinematic Arts Park (April 27, 2024) — a one-night audio-visual experience combining live and pre-recorded music, dance, and large-scale projection, produced by the John C. Hench Division with Professors Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger.
I built the TouchDesigner system that drove the show, and created the evening's only real-time piece: Toccata, with visuals generated live in response to a solo piano performance rather than played back from a render.
Why it matters: in a program of pre-rendered work, a real-time piece is a different discipline — the system is the artwork, and it has to perform flawlessly, live, in front of an audience.
The show system and Toccata — visuals generated live in response to a solo piano performance, projected at architectural scale in the Cinematic Arts Park.
Stills and renders in progress.
"The system is the artwork — and it has to perform flawlessly, live."